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Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1908
Page
1
The article details Malay superstitions guiding daily life from avoiding debts on Fridays to fears around eclipses and dreams. It notes customs about nails, hair, animals like rowk rowk and crow, and omens from cats, owls, and monkeys, urging caution to avert misfortune.
An OCR laden page lists various patent medicines and health tonics including Botanic Blood Balm with claims of blood purification, Pinoles, ManZan for piles, and Blood Bitters. It mentions druggists B H Gorrell and general health warnings, plus notes on iron ore, statues, liver pills, and other era ads. It references political talk on a Sunday excursion bill and a New York transit trend, with miscellaneous local items and a bee-sting fatality anecdote.
The piece presents a Weatherly poem about the lower city life and poverty beneath London Bridge. It contrasts beggars and lords, wealth and squalor, with the river flowing on amid vanity under the sun.
The article surveys feigning of death as a strategic tactic among diverse animals from rhizopods to larger carnivores, noting it also appears in the plant world with the sensitive plant. It discusses whether microscopic senses or unknown faculties enable these species to detect danger and avoid tainted or dead prey.
A pale long man on a vacant lot near Philadelphia rides a merry go round repeatedly explaining the rides keep him from collecting a debt. The tale ends with a quip about seasickness. Mistletoe’s church banishment is noted as superstition. Bristol cathedral is cited for uncommon usage.
A physician notes that ancestors bore pockmarks and smallpox was a job filter. He cites 1774 ads seeking a footman or a waiting woman needing natural smallpox immunity, reflecting hiring prejudice against illness.
The article promotes absorbent cotton as an inexpensive effective filter for volatile liquids in household use. It describes building a large funnel with pressed cotton at the neck, notes varying density for different substances, and the need for practice to achieve proper filtration. A pasted joke exchange ends with a London Scraps caption.
A man arrested for swearing at his mother in law argues she started the quarrel as the judge questions if she swore at him. He claims she looked at Louis Republic during the incident.
Mme Waddington in Scribner's Magazine notes French households wash en masse once a month or every few months. A central lavoir area with a large sunk tank and a fire-heated tub processes linen through four washerwomen led by Mere Michou. The process is orderly, noisy, and yields very white, smooth laundry unlike city washing.
A musician quarrels with a reporter over a claim that he used a genuine Stradivarius. The editor scorns the assertion, joking that Stradivarius ads would appear under a low price line in the paper. The exchange is recounted in Southwesterner’s Book.
A secretary asks to replace a pen but a millionaire reveals a lamp and cold water method that makes an old pen write like new. He claims the treatment rejuvenates old pens without fail and offers a money saving tip to remember.
Smith, a railroad agent, pulled a dignified man from in front of a through train on another track. The grateful passenger offered payment but the agent refused and accepted a cigar instead.
A commercial traveler settles a long standing bill with a shopkeeper and invites him to dine. The tradesman refuses the inn, asking the traveler to name the cost. The traveler offers 3 or 4 shillings, and the economist says take 4 shillings, claiming to be just as pleased as if he had eaten.
A neighborhood visit reveals a child named Very Few Stops, Little Tillie, who received a toy organ from her father and plays constantly. When asked how many stops it has, the girl responds with a playful, if imperfect, list breakfast, 1st bed, Exchange.
Details show Bedford county supervisors approving plans for a new county visit and related local governance actions. Mentions contributions by Thomas F. Ryan of New York for mountain mission work in Alba marle county and various political notes from the era.
The notice states that Draggivts are authorized to refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure itching bleeding and protruding piles within 6 to 14 days. The price is 89 cents.
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